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By that strange fatality which seems to disqualify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , because he totally omits it in the enumeration and criticism he has given , of the rest , in his ...
By that strange fatality which seems to disqualify authors from judging of their own works , he does not appear to have valued this piece , because he totally omits it in the enumeration and criticism he has given , of the rest , in his ...
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May I venture to observe , that the metaphors in the succeeding lines , drawn from the field sports of setting and Mooting , seem below the dignity of the subject ; especially , Eye nature's walks , shoot folly as it flies , And catch ...
May I venture to observe , that the metaphors in the succeeding lines , drawn from the field sports of setting and Mooting , seem below the dignity of the subject ; especially , Eye nature's walks , shoot folly as it flies , And catch ...
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This sentiment seems utterly inconsistent with the warm friend / liip fupposed to subant between these two celebrated men , But ian he id ve ny of 1 . S e anc eve thi you If I ! me . ent AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 363.
This sentiment seems utterly inconsistent with the warm friend / liip fupposed to subant between these two celebrated men , But ian he id ve ny of 1 . S e anc eve thi you If I ! me . ent AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 363.
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0576021202, 9780576021203 |
| Length | 423 pages |
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